Pedal axle rebuild query (expensive pedal, cheap internals)

[Fatal Swan]

I have pair of HT Components PK01Ti road pedals and one of them recently developed play in the axles. I've got a rebuild kit for them with new bearings, bushings etc, while the assembly is basic, but I can't really figure out how they're intended to be installed and adjusted. The parts are as pictured (apart from the axle, all the parts appear in the rebuild kit). From right to left, there's a rubber bushing, a metal sleeve that fits inside the black plastic outer collar, single bearing and end nut.

On the old axle, the unthreaded part of the axle pops out too far out of the black plastic collar, which means the bearing doesn't sit snugly against it even with the end nut tightened as far as possible, resulting in play.

The thing I can't figure out compared to say Shimano pedals, is that there's no bearing adjustment - no preload/locknut arrangement. My best guess at the moment is that I should assemble everything with all the new parts, then tighten the end nut down which should gradually seat the metal sleeve inside the black plastic collar. (On the old parts, it's quite easy to push the metal sleeve in, but on the new parts it's a much much tighter fit.) But before I tighten it up too much and the metal collar goes too far in, I'd expect to hit a point where the metal collar is both firmly seated and no has longer play in the axle. But that's a guess.

Any ideas on what's supposed to happen?? Cheers!

 

[itscervo]

There's no adjustment as its a sealed bearing & bush, its the cup & cone type that have locknuts.

 

[My_Teenage_Self]

The rubber is a dust seal, nothing more.

The metal sleeve is a bushing, that should be snug in the sleeve and spin on the axle.

The sealed bearing should push into the sleeve and then onto the axle, the nut should then retain ONLY the inner race of that bearing. If you run out of thread before the inner race is tight, then you may need a small washer, but it must not touch either the bearing seal, nor the outer race.

System makes sense, but there is no preload of the bearings/bushings. You whack it all into the sleeve, push the whole assembly onto the axle, then do up the nut. Simple, and exactly what onza did 25 years ago with their HO pedals.

 

[Fatal Swan]

Thanks ever so much - I think I'm close to getting it now. From the other working pedal I've got, it looks like the setup tolerates a little play in the axle when assembled (so don't do up the nut too tight?) and that somehow disappears when it's installed into the pedal body.

The next problem is how to press the split DU bush fully into the sleeve. It looks like it's going to have to be some sort of home-made assembly to screw it down...